Storytelling Through Listening with Cut Chemist

Presented by Dust & Grooves and Only The Wild Ones

A four-part listening series with Cut Chemist, following his path from early listening to artistic voice.

Each session unfolds live through records as a continuous, narrated sequence.

Cut Chemist works through the records that shaped him and how they inform the way he hears,

edits, and assembles sound.

Told through selections, narration, and live mixing, the series plays like a cinematic storybook album.

Episode 1: Imagining Music - Learning to Listen Through Soundtracks and "Non-Music"

Presented by Dust & Grooves and Only The Wild Ones

MAY 3RD 5-9PM

Cut Chemist revisits his earliest encounters with sound, from movie soundtracks and radio to dialogue records, exploring how they taught him to “see” music. A formative chapter where listening becomes storytelling and sets the foundation for everything that follows.

Film soundtracks, radio, and dialogue records form the base. Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, and Chopin at home establish a way of hearing where music is felt before it is understood.

Dialogue, composition, and experimentation begin to merge. Laurie Anderson’s Big Science, Art of Noise, and Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz introduce sound as narrative.

With Double Dee & Steinski’s Lessons, the language of film is cut, looped, and rebuilt over beats, opening the door to a new form of composition, leading into Cut Chemist’s own Lessons and the start of an artistic voice.

The thread continues through artists working with narrative and sound, from Public Enemy to DJ Shadow and Kid Koala.

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Episode 2: Tuned In, Comped Out - Music Discovery Through Compilations

Presented by Dust & Grooves and Only The Wild Ones

JUNE 7TH 5-9PM

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Come kick back, let the music take over, and enjoy a moment of pure analog bliss.